“The singing is finely controlled throughout, with attention paid to melodic beauty, intonation and ensemble…”
Choir & Organ
“…the Vasari Singers perform with confidence, skill, and musical élan…”
Victor Carr Jr. , Classicstoday.com
- Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
- Piano: Jeremy Filsell
- Soloists: Fiona Eldridge (Soprano), Julia Field Julia Field (Alto), David Jackson (Tenor), James Cross (Bass), Fiona Eldridge (Soprano), Simon Burges (Tenor)
Released by Guild, September 2000
- Recorded at Great Hall, Dulwich College, London, February 2000
Pastorale French Choral Music
track listing
Total Time 77.03
| No. | Title | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans (1898-1908) | Claude Debussy (1898-1918) | |
| 1. | Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder | |
| 2. | Quant j’ai ouy le tambourin sonner | |
| 3. | Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain | |
| 4. | Sérénade d’hiver | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) |
| 5. | Les Norwègiennes | Léon Delibes (1836-1891) |
| Deux Chansons, op. 68 | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) | |
| 6. | Calme des nuits | |
| 7. | Les Fleurs et les arbres | |
| 8. | Baïlèro (‘Chants d’Auvergne’) | Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957) |
| 9. | L’Amour de moi | Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957) |
| 10. | Madrigal, op. 35 (1883) | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) |
| 11. | Pavane, op. 50 (1887) | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) |
| Trois Chansons (1916) | Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) | |
| 12. | Nicolette | |
| 13. | Trois beaux Oiseaux du Paradis | |
| 14. | Ronde | |
| 15. | Les Nymphes des bois | Léo Delibes (1836-1891) |
| 16. | Hymne au printemps | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) |
| Chansons des bois d’Amaranthe | Jules Massenet (1842-1912) | |
| 17. | O bon Printemps | |
| 18. | Oiseau des bois | |
| 19. | Chères Fleurs | |
| 20. | O Ruisseau | |
| 21. | Chantez! |